Name:
Benjamin (Ben) Rayner
Home:
Library, PA
Programming Languages:
LabVIEW, DSC, and RT
Certification:
Certified LabVIEW Architect (#54)
Used LabVIEW Since:
LabVIEW 4, 1998
Applications Areas:
Consulting - varies
Biography:
I first was introduced to LabVIEW while working in the University of Pittsburgh Condensed Matter Physics labs. While working in the labs, I used LabVIEW part time to automate repetitive processes such as aligning single mode optical fiber and characterizing ferroelectric thin films. I found LabVIEW's block diagrams to be intuitive after having come from an electrical engineering background. The development environment also eliminated all syntax issues so development was actually fun.
After a few years of only using LabVIEW part-time, I was given the opportunity to use it full-time as a Senior Measurement & Automation Architect with my current company Data Science Automation. I design, develop, and support applications for my customers to fit their needs. I am generally responsible for all new designs that come out of our main office and also provide on-site consulting to troubleshoot or optimize applications developed by other organizations.
I am now retired and spend my time tending to my gardens, grape vines, and fruits and nut orchard in season and work shop when not in season.
A short list of the applications I have developed and supported using LabVIEW follows:
Plastics Factory Monitoring and Control Loose Part Detector for Nuclear Reactors DVD Production SPC Sub-Safe Valve Certification On Line Vendor Managed Inventory High-speed SDLC Testing High-Throughput Drug Screening In-Flight Radio Transceiver Testing Portable Densometer Logger Fuel Cell Catalytic Research Reactor Control and Monitoring Automated Semiconductor Characterization Hydraulic Manifold Characterization- Characterizing Methane Concentrations in a Mine using LabVIEW
- 3D-Scan of Railroad Wheel Flaws Exploit New LabVIEW Features
- A Physical Instrument from Virtual Instruments and sbRIO
- A Single Platform for Respirator Testing Standards
- Air Handler Characterization Using AMCA Standard 210
- Automated Hoist/Winch Test Station For Testing Hydraulic and Electric Hoists/Winches
- Automated Testing of Actuators for Medical Exam Tables
- Carburization Furnace Control System
- Characterization of Thermo-photo Voltaic Diodes with Robot Prober
- Complex Control System Realized Using Undocking and Custom XControl
- Diagnostic Tool for Automated Locomotive Testing
- DSC Upgrade to Legacy Tag System
- Evaluation of Various Communication Schemes Using NI LabVIEW
- "Frac" Pump Controller
- Gas Mask Canister Production Monitoring and Reporting
- Gas Well Fracturing Proppant Delivery System
- LabVIEW Based Rheometer
- Breaking the 2 Gigabyte Text File Barrier
- Mercury Emissions Stack Monitoring
- Characterizing Analog and Digital Microphones
- Picture This: Creating Controls on the Fly
- Precision Characterization of Ethernet Devices with LabVIEW Real-Time and FPGA
- Remote Witness of Steam Turbine Testing
- Zinc Air Fuel Cell Test System
To view a partial list of the applications I have worked on see here.
User Groups:
N/A
Discussion Groups:
NI Discussion Forums, Info-LabVIEW, LAVA
Websites:
N/A
Articles:
Characterization of the next-generation aircraft fuel pump using LabVIEW Real-Time
CompactPCI Magazine Jan/Feb 2003 NI Week Best in Category
Action Engines, What are they?
Threading and Re-Use of Buffers Using Call By reference Nodes (Duct tape Required)
Type Definitions Let You See Your Application in a Different Way
Dynamic Instantiation of Occurrence Based Architecture
Books:
N/A
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